Love Poems to Whisky

Tasmania now has more than 30 whisky or gin distilleries. Our little island, with a land mass not dissimilar to Ireland has, a 10th the number of people and a very modern history of distilling. It some ways, we’d say it’s punching above its weight. While we’re still very new,…

We reckon Australian distillers have something unique on the Scots, but we still want to see where Uisge Beatha (The Water of life) originated. Join us in Scotland in June. When we were planning if we had to ask ourselves what would happen if: You take 10 whisky-loving people from Australia…

ABOUT The Tasmanian Whisky Academy and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) is pleased to bring the General Certificate of Distilling residential training event to Hobart again 12-16 March 2018. The event is a 5-day technical event open to anyone who is currently distilling or has an interest in learning…

The excitement of starting a distillery Starting your own distillery. Creating something unique and beautiful. How exciting. But how easy or difficult is it? Like any business, starting a distillery...

Australia has become a land full of alchemists. The growth in distilling – whether its whisky, gin, vodka, rum or something else – is significant. At The Whisky Academy, we get to meet all sorts of people who are either already in distilling, would like to work for a distillery…